Summary

Culture for Digital Transformation: helping the European cultural and creative sectors to fully take advantage of new technologies to enhance their competitiveness via Publisher Development Projects

Development Grants will be awarded to members of IMPF; they are focussed on the international development of creators and professionals and must have a cross-border element of either a creative or business development nature, including composer / songwriter facing activities, or business, technological, data-related activities, staff development or other actions that develop either the publishing member companies’ administration or creative departments.

Objectives

• Projects shall have in their objectives the international development of creators and professionals, and must propose cross-border activities of either a creative or business development nature, including creative developments (including composer / songwriter facing activities) or business, technological, data-related activities, staff development or other activities that develop either the publishing member companies’ administration or creative departments
• Activities will be launched through an open call to IMPF members
• The main objectives linked to this work package is nurturing talent, prospering and generating jobs and growth, as well as publishing companies’ development
• Participant inclusion and gender balance / DEI objectives to be supervised
• Sustainability (will also feature online activities, residencies and reduced travelling)

IMPF will also work with its selected members via a call, to develop a software for rights registrations, royalty accounting and song management; this is a direct result of our work under Network 1’s Digital Development WP and will be hugely beneficial to the entire music publishing community.

Open Calls

An open call was sent to publisher members in March 2025 offering 10 grants worth €5000 each available to member companies in Creative Europe countries.  Application forms were sent out to members on 31 March 2025 and a list of selected applicants will be published here shortly.

The following publishers members will be awarded publisher development grants in 2025.

All Stars Music
Alter K
AMV Publishing GmbH
Dachshund Music
Edition Björlund
Elements Music Oy
Faar Music OÜ
Freibank Musikverlags GmbH
Globe Art Publishing GmbH
Kew Music BV (Bucks Music Group)
Next Era Publishing
Nordic Music Society
PL Marquise Consulting (Extra Mile Music)
Playground Music Publishing
Pomitni
SMV Schacht Musikverlage GmbH & Co. KG
Steam Music Publishing
Tier Music Publishing OÜ

Activity

A summary report of the grant supported activities will be available by the end of the year.

Beneficiaries

We aim to nurture talent, aid prosperity by generating jobs and growth, through publishing companies’ business development.

Outcomes/Next Steps

A summary report on all activities will be available at the end of the year.